OMG Facts!

Lightning typically travels downward from clouds AND upward from the ground.

Negative electricity travels toward the ground, but there’s an opposite positive charge from the ground. What we see when we see lightning is the return strike from the ground up.

The science of lightning is complicated, so we suggest you check out the National Severe Storms Laboratory website for more details.


In order to make a billion dollars in one year, you would have to make an average of $31.69 every second.

That's $2,739,726.03 every day! I can't even imagine what your income taxes would be like in this hypothetical situation. 

 There are weird similarities between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.

* Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. * Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

* Both were shot in the back of the head in the presence of their wives. * Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theatre. Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln, made by Ford * Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

*Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. * Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. * Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. * Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. * Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.' Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'

* Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse. Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater. * Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

The total weight of all the ants on Earth is about the same as the weight of all the humans on earth.

Ants also outnumber us a million to one! They also can lift weight twice their size! If they ever wanted to turn on us, they could just pick us all up and throw us in the ocean.